Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Mali
Mali: Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 was 2.09 years in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
2.09 years
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
224th
of 236 countries
All-time high
2.37 years
in 2020
All-time low
0.7866 years
in 1993
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Mali, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Mali recorded 2.09 years for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in 2023.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Mali peaked at 2.37 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.7866 years, in 1993.
That places Mali 224th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Mali, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1.76 years | — |
| 1951 | 1.8 years | +2.7% |
| 1952 | 1.88 years | +4.3% |
| 1953 | 1.79 years | -4.6% |
| 1954 | 1.83 years | +1.8% |
| 1955 | 1.87 years | +2.3% |
| 1956 | 1.83 years | -2.1% |
| 1957 | 1.87 years | +2.3% |
| 1958 | 1.87 years | -0.2% |
| 1959 | 1.85 years | -0.9% |
| 1960 | 1.87 years | +1.0% |
| 1961 | 1.86 years | -0.4% |
| 1962 | 1.93 years | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 1.9 years | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 1.88 years | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 1.91 years | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 1.9 years | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 1.89 years | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 1.94 years | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 1.95 years | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 1.96 years | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 1.97 years | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 1.99 years | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 2.02 years | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 1.99 years | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 1.79 years | -10.2% |
| 1976 | 1.57 years | -12.1% |
| 1977 | 1.42 years | -9.5% |
| 1978 | 1.29 years | -9.2% |
| 1979 | 1.25 years | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 1.3 years | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 1.36 years | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 1.42 years | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 1.57 years | +10.8% |
| 1984 | 1.6 years | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 1.63 years | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 1.51 years | -7.6% |
| 1987 | 1.47 years | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 1.31 years | -10.7% |
| 1989 | 1.07 years | -18.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8639 years | -19.4% |
| 1991 | 0.7911 years | -8.4% |
| 1992 | 0.825 years | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 0.7866 years | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 0.9701 years | +23.3% |
| 1995 | 1.06 years | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 1.11 years | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 1.2 years | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 1.3 years | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 1.32 years | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1 years | -23.8% |
| 2001 | 1.12 years | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 1.22 years | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 1.32 years | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 1.46 years | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 1.52 years | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 1.55 years | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 1.59 years | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 1.66 years | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 1.65 years | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.68 years | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 1.72 years | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1.77 years | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 1.84 years | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 1.81 years | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.83 years | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.78 years | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 1.85 years | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 1.91 years | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 1.92 years | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2.37 years | +23.6% |
| 2021 | 1.99 years | -15.8% |
| 2022 | 2.1 years | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 2.09 years | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.84 years | 1.76 years | 1.88 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.9 years | 1.86 years | 1.95 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.72 years | 1.25 years | 2.02 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.42 years | 1.07 years | 1.63 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.02 years | 0.7866 years | 1.32 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.41 years | 1 years | 1.66 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.81 years | 1.68 years | 1.92 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.14 years | 1.99 years | 2.37 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 221 Eritrea 2.19 years compare
- 222 Equatorial Guinea 2.15 years compare
- 223 Sierra Leone 2.12 years compare
- 225 Niger 1.85 years compare
- 226 Madagascar 1.84 years compare
- 227 Gambia 1.84 years compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Mali?
- Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 in Mali was 2.09 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 2.37 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7866 years in 1993.
- How does Mali rank for sex gap in life expectancy at age 45?
- Mali ranks 224th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sex gap in life expectancy at age 45 rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mali data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sex gap in life expectancy at age 45. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Difference in period life expectancy (females - males) at a given age.